Stamping | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

Today I want to share with you a Karen Foster Desktop Flip Calendar Kit that was purchased at Archiver’s and made as a gift for my mother-in law. I also enhanced the calendar with additional products including Close To My Heart products!!!

I originally had this entire calendar in one post, but I found it to be too long and overwhelming. So I’ve broken it down into two blog posts!! Today I have January through June for you, and my next post will have July through December.

January:

Paper: Deja View-Little Ones- Boy {non-CTMH}; White Daisy Cardstock

Ink: Sky Exclusive Ink®; Holiday Red Exclusive Ink® {retired}; Pear Exclusive Ink®; Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink®

Stamps: Artiste Cricut® Cartridge Birthday Stamp Set; Chantilly Workshop On The Go® Cardmaking Stamp Set {retired}

Other: Artiste Cricut® Cartridge; Cricut®; 3D Foam Tape; Sponge Dauber

Karen Foster Desk Calendar enhanced with CTMH product

February:

Paper: Paper included in the Calendar Kit {non-CTMH}; White Daisy Cardstock

Ink: Sorbet Exclusive Ink®; Juniper Exclusive Ink®; Ruby Exclusive Ink®

Stamps: Whooo’s Your Valentine Stamp Set {retired}; In the Background Stamp Set

Other: Baker’s Twine Neutral Assortment {while supplies last}; Artbooking Cricut® Cartridge; Cricut®

Karen Foster Desk Calendar enhanced with CTMH products

March:

Paper: Paper included in the Calendar Kit {non-CTMH}; Colonial White Cardstock

Ink: Whisper Exclusive Ink®

Stamps: Timberline Workshop On The Go® Scrapbooking Stamp Set {available 2/1/2014}

Other: Lifestyle Crafts Dry Embossing Folder {non-CTMH}; Big Shot; Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge; Cricut®

April:

Paper: Paper included in the Calendar Kit {non-CTMH}; White Daisy Cardstock

Ink: Sky Exclusive Ink®; Smoothie Exclusive Ink®; Black Exclusive Ink® Mini Pigment Pad; Juniper Exclusive Ink®

Stamp Sets: Springtime Stamp Set {retired}; Lifting Spirits Stamp Set; You Are My Happy Sentiments & Icons Stamp Set {retired}

Other: Color Ready Garden Wooden Shapes {while supplies last}; Yellow Acrylic Paint {non-CTMH}; Clear Detail Embossing Powder {retired}

May:

Paper: Paper included in the Calendar Kit {non-CTMH}; Buttercup Cardstock

Other: Color Ready Garden Wooden Shapes {while supplies last}; Blue & Green Sparkles Assortment {retired}; Baker’s Twine Paradise Assortment; Scallop Border Punch

June:

Paper: Paper included in the Calendar Kit {non-CTMH}; White Daisy Cardstock

Ink: Honey Exclusive Ink®

Stamps: Do Nothing Stamp Set {retired}

Other: Lagoon Houndstooth Washi Tape; Clear Sparkles; Sponge Dauber; Tim Holtz Styled Labels Die {non-CTMH}; Big Shot {non-CTMH}

Note: All stickers {numbers, months, & holiday icons} were included in the calendar kit. I did use basic supplies (adhesive {Elmer’s Tape Runner [non-CTMH], Scotch® Photo Splits [non-CTMH], & Liquid Glass}, Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors, and Surecut™ Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer) on all pages.

Be sure to check back soon for July through December!!

-Kelly

My little guy is going through a Batman phase (as many little boys do), and he was beyond excited when he saw a BIG bag of Batman toys sitting in the backseat of the car that one of my coworker’s son had given to him. I told Aidan (my son) that we needed to send this little boy a thank you card for being so generous and giving him these great toys.

There are plenty of flowers and bling out there for girl themed cards, but it’s not always easy trying to make a card that is themed for a boy. I wanted it to be fun and something that he might actually think is “cool” ( I know I’m getting my hopes up trying to get a 7 year old boy excited over a thank you card, but I thought I would give it a shot!! haha!)

I have a retired stamp set (Super Powers) from CTMH that isn’t Batman themed but it does resemble Superman, so I thought I would try sticking with a superhero theme for the thank you card. I came across a sketch over the weekend that worked perfectly for what I had in mind.

Here is the card that I came up with…

I stamped the superhero image twice, colored both images with Watercolor Pencils, and used a blending pen to help the colors have more continuity. I then used pop dots to give the image some dimension. Using Liquid Glass I went back over the shadowed areas of the stamp to give it more of an epoxy look.

I used a similar technique with the lightening bolt stamp. I stamped the image twice in Versamark, used red embossing powder, and heat embossed the image. I then double layered the lightening bolt with pop dots to give it more dimension also.

The white cardstock that the superhero image is adhered to looked a little too white so I used a background stamp (Universal Background) on the paper to make it look a little more muted.

Using the Keyboard Uppercase Stamp Set I stamped the sentiment on the inside of the card. I love this stamp set! It’s like having a permanent collection of alphabet stickers in any color!!